There is always room for improvement even if you have mastered VALORANT gameplay. Finding the optimal controls and settings are crucial for your performance. One of the best way to adjust the settings is by mimicking it from the pro players. We bring you the list of settings from two professional VALORANT players.

Hiko is a former CS:GO pro currently dominating competitive VALORANT. He is well known for his pinpoint accuracy. His settings in VALORANT are as below:

  • Mouse settings: He plays with an unusually high mouse sensitivity. DPI- 1600, In-game Sensitivity- 0.36, eDPI- 576, Scoped Sensitivity- 1, Polling Rate- 1000, and Windows Sensitivity- 6.
  • Crosshair settings: Color- Green, Outlines- On / 1 / 1, Outer Lines-0 / 0 / 0 / 0, Center Dot- Off, Inner Lines- 1 / 6 / 2 / 10, and Fade / Movement / Firing Error- Off.
  • Key bindings: Crouch- Left Ctrl, Ability 1- C, Ability 2- Q, Ability 3- E, Walk- Left Shift, Jump- Mouse Wheel Down, and Utlimate Ability- X.
  • Video settings: Material Quality- Low, Anti-Aliasing- MSAA 2x, Texture Quality- Low, Improve Clarity- On, UI Quality- Medium, Vignette- Off, Distortion- Off, Vsync- Off, Bloom- Off, Detail Quality- Medium, Anisotropic Filtering- 1x, and First Person Shadows- Off.
  • Map settings: Rotate- Rotate / Based on Side, Minimap Size- 1.1, Minimap Zoom- 0.9, Minimap Vision Cones- On, Keep Player Centered- Off, and Show Map Region Names- Always.

Tyson “TenZ” Ngo was the first player to reach Radiant rank in NA during the Closed Beta and it took him just a day to reach the highest rank. Since then, he has worked his way to the top of the competitive ladder. He is also a former CS:GO professional player.

  • Mouse settings: DPI- 800, In-game Sensitivity- 0.485, eDPI- 388, Scoped Sensitivity- 1, Polling Rate- 1000, and Windows Sensitivity- 6.
  • Crosshair settings: Color- Cyan, Outlines- Off, Outer Lines-0 / 0 / 0 / 0, Center Dot- Off, Inner Lines- 1 / 4 / 2 / 2, and Fade / Movement / Firing Error- Off.
  • Key bindings: Crouch- Left Ctrl, Ability 1- Mouse 4, Ability 2- Mouse 5, Ability 3- C, Walk- Left Shift, Jump- Mouse Wheel Down, and Utlimate Ability- F.
  • Video settings: Material Quality- Low, Anti-Aliasing- None, Vignette- Off, Bloom- Off, Distortion- Off, Texture Quality- Low, Improve Clarity- On, UI Quality- Low, Vsync- Off, Detail Quality- Low, Anisotropic Filtering- 1x, and First Person Shadows- Off.
  • Map settings: Rotate- Rotate / Based on Side, Minimap Size- 1.2, Minimap Zoom- 0.85, Keep Player Centered- On, Minimap Vision Cones- On, and Show Map Region Names- Always.


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